Elizabeth Tingle
@profliztingle.bsky.social
Professor Emerita of History, DMU, Leicester UK
Works on Early modern European religious belief and practice; church art and archaeology; landscapes and heritage.
Amateur nature lover. Tortoise fan.
Works on Early modern European religious belief and practice; church art and archaeology; landscapes and heritage.
Amateur nature lover. Tortoise fan.
A Leicestershire delicacy….. A description from Ravenstone mid 20 C.
October 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A Leicestershire delicacy….. A description from Ravenstone mid 20 C.
(Our) Lady’s bedstraw. Appropriate for St Mary’s churchyard. N Leics.
#wildflowerhour
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July 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
(Our) Lady’s bedstraw. Appropriate for St Mary’s churchyard. N Leics.
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
In Edinburgh at the @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social conference. Weather = wet, papers = very good. Theme = Nicaea and other councils.
July 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In Edinburgh at the @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social conference. Weather = wet, papers = very good. Theme = Nicaea and other councils.
It’s a harebell year in Wymeswold churchyard N Leics. They only emerge in drought summers. The last one was 2022.
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July 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It’s a harebell year in Wymeswold churchyard N Leics. They only emerge in drought summers. The last one was 2022.
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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He came from Diseworth, just up the road from me. Claimed that he rarely ate wheaten bread before he went to London as a youth. Peas and barley bread, Leicestershire staples! Either that or he was grossly exaggerating. Here is the church in which he was prob baptised.
June 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
He came from Diseworth, just up the road from me. Claimed that he rarely ate wheaten bread before he went to London as a youth. Peas and barley bread, Leicestershire staples! Either that or he was grossly exaggerating. Here is the church in which he was prob baptised.
Loughborough Lammas meadows today, much meadow buttercup, some pignut and many grasses. The burnett and knapweeds were just starting.
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June 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Loughborough Lammas meadows today, much meadow buttercup, some pignut and many grasses. The burnett and knapweeds were just starting.
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
Gardens. Even teeny, tiny plots - high art and folk art using a natural palette. Visit open gardens; hang over fences and admire local gardens and allotments. All made by hand (more or less).
May 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Gardens. Even teeny, tiny plots - high art and folk art using a natural palette. Visit open gardens; hang over fences and admire local gardens and allotments. All made by hand (more or less).
For some reason, it made me think of van Eyck
May 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
For some reason, it made me think of van Eyck
Whissendine church, Rutland. Late medieval church held up by men (instead of angels, as in E Anglia). 12 in all, possible apostles.
Unfinished font - not the original, methinks.
Some instability of building hence the buttress chapel.
Excellent rhubarb jam for sale.
Unfinished font - not the original, methinks.
Some instability of building hence the buttress chapel.
Excellent rhubarb jam for sale.
May 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Whissendine church, Rutland. Late medieval church held up by men (instead of angels, as in E Anglia). 12 in all, possible apostles.
Unfinished font - not the original, methinks.
Some instability of building hence the buttress chapel.
Excellent rhubarb jam for sale.
Unfinished font - not the original, methinks.
Some instability of building hence the buttress chapel.
Excellent rhubarb jam for sale.
Sound or place? Or both, the word heard here?
Goadby Marwood church (Leic), part of a former pulpit tester.
Goadby Marwood church (Leic), part of a former pulpit tester.
May 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Sound or place? Or both, the word heard here?
Goadby Marwood church (Leic), part of a former pulpit tester.
Goadby Marwood church (Leic), part of a former pulpit tester.
Our tiny orchard is coming on well for #nomowmay
It’s almost elfin. There are already more butterflies this year because of the sunshine.
@robcarlyle.bsky.social
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
It’s almost elfin. There are already more butterflies this year because of the sunshine.
@robcarlyle.bsky.social
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Our tiny orchard is coming on well for #nomowmay
It’s almost elfin. There are already more butterflies this year because of the sunshine.
@robcarlyle.bsky.social
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
It’s almost elfin. There are already more butterflies this year because of the sunshine.
@robcarlyle.bsky.social
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates.
Have a lovely day of rest and leisure, whether you are having a quiet day at home or a busy day with others.
[Shaft of an Anglo-Saxon cross from Rothley. The arms are missing.]
Have a lovely day of rest and leisure, whether you are having a quiet day at home or a busy day with others.
[Shaft of an Anglo-Saxon cross from Rothley. The arms are missing.]
April 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates.
Have a lovely day of rest and leisure, whether you are having a quiet day at home or a busy day with others.
[Shaft of an Anglo-Saxon cross from Rothley. The arms are missing.]
Have a lovely day of rest and leisure, whether you are having a quiet day at home or a busy day with others.
[Shaft of an Anglo-Saxon cross from Rothley. The arms are missing.]
This little guy (jackdaw) fell down our chimney and was stuck behind the plate of a stove for 72 hours. A wonderful chimney expert came to the rescue this afternoon.
Said jackdaw was back on the chimney with their mate, 30 mins later 😬
Said jackdaw was back on the chimney with their mate, 30 mins later 😬
April 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This little guy (jackdaw) fell down our chimney and was stuck behind the plate of a stove for 72 hours. A wonderful chimney expert came to the rescue this afternoon.
Said jackdaw was back on the chimney with their mate, 30 mins later 😬
Said jackdaw was back on the chimney with their mate, 30 mins later 😬
Marsh marigold flowers mirror the sun today in Nottingham. #wildflowerhour
April 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Marsh marigold flowers mirror the sun today in Nottingham. #wildflowerhour
Art historians, why is there a badger at the Fall? Or is it just a Durer thing?
I have been pondering badgers and original sin since I saw this print, in the Malta art gallery.
I have been pondering badgers and original sin since I saw this print, in the Malta art gallery.
April 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Art historians, why is there a badger at the Fall? Or is it just a Durer thing?
I have been pondering badgers and original sin since I saw this print, in the Malta art gallery.
I have been pondering badgers and original sin since I saw this print, in the Malta art gallery.
Today we took our annual pilgrimage to Stocking Wood SSSI , Swithland, Leicestershire, to see the wood anemones. Like stars in a night galaxy. It’s a good year for them.
April 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Today we took our annual pilgrimage to Stocking Wood SSSI , Swithland, Leicestershire, to see the wood anemones. Like stars in a night galaxy. It’s a good year for them.
Pure joy. They have taken over much of my patio.
April 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Pure joy. They have taken over much of my patio.
The amaryllis forest is coming on well. My oldest bulb, 9 years old, now has 5 satellite bulbs and 6 flower stalks this year. 🌞
March 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The amaryllis forest is coming on well. My oldest bulb, 9 years old, now has 5 satellite bulbs and 6 flower stalks this year. 🌞
St Paul wrangling a viper in Valletta, Malta.
Had a lovely visit to the salt pans & a chat with the naturalist about Maltese snakes. Apparently there are 4, all colubrids & not venomous to humans (the cat snake is venomous to small creatures).
St Paul would still have had a very sore finger, mind.
Had a lovely visit to the salt pans & a chat with the naturalist about Maltese snakes. Apparently there are 4, all colubrids & not venomous to humans (the cat snake is venomous to small creatures).
St Paul would still have had a very sore finger, mind.
March 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
St Paul wrangling a viper in Valletta, Malta.
Had a lovely visit to the salt pans & a chat with the naturalist about Maltese snakes. Apparently there are 4, all colubrids & not venomous to humans (the cat snake is venomous to small creatures).
St Paul would still have had a very sore finger, mind.
Had a lovely visit to the salt pans & a chat with the naturalist about Maltese snakes. Apparently there are 4, all colubrids & not venomous to humans (the cat snake is venomous to small creatures).
St Paul would still have had a very sore finger, mind.
Holy Trinity, Thrussington, Leics. Font, 13 century bowl, late 19 century stem.
The head is interesting. Not sure it is original, but there are earlier fonts with 4 heads in Leics so ???
The head is interesting. Not sure it is original, but there are earlier fonts with 4 heads in Leics so ???
March 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Holy Trinity, Thrussington, Leics. Font, 13 century bowl, late 19 century stem.
The head is interesting. Not sure it is original, but there are earlier fonts with 4 heads in Leics so ???
The head is interesting. Not sure it is original, but there are earlier fonts with 4 heads in Leics so ???
Just the best - and longest - duster. The offending cobweb is in the nave rafters (top, first photo). St Ives, Cambs, this afternoon.
March 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Just the best - and longest - duster. The offending cobweb is in the nave rafters (top, first photo). St Ives, Cambs, this afternoon.
Two fine headstones from St Ives, Cambs, All Saints. One, the sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham; the second, an interesting skull casserole. 18th century.
March 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Two fine headstones from St Ives, Cambs, All Saints. One, the sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham; the second, an interesting skull casserole. 18th century.
Good morning, Norman.
March 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Good morning, Norman.
Pre-Cambrian rocky splendour. Bradgate Park, Leics.
Solace from the present wilderness of this world.
Also saw a pair of stonechats and had lemon drizzle cake, because it’s my birthday.
Solace from the present wilderness of this world.
Also saw a pair of stonechats and had lemon drizzle cake, because it’s my birthday.
March 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Pre-Cambrian rocky splendour. Bradgate Park, Leics.
Solace from the present wilderness of this world.
Also saw a pair of stonechats and had lemon drizzle cake, because it’s my birthday.
Solace from the present wilderness of this world.
Also saw a pair of stonechats and had lemon drizzle cake, because it’s my birthday.
Hazel catkins. Lots of them this year, in the Leicestershire hedgerows. #wildflowerhour
February 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Hazel catkins. Lots of them this year, in the Leicestershire hedgerows. #wildflowerhour